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SOCSD adjusts
Pandemic likely triggering rise credit recovery
in domestic violence, family disputes program
Isolation from COVID-19, economic downturn likely contributing
for distance
to increasing abuse but fewer calls for help learning
Maulding: District
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN should offer program
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for struggling students

I
n the Golden Triangle, numbers
indicate domestic violence during the year, not
could be on the rise during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
just summer
Starkville Police Chief Mark BY TESS VRBIN
Ballard said that since shelter in tvrbin@cdispatch.com
place orders began to be issued
throughout the state in late March Starkville High
and early April, his officers have School students who
responded to more domestic need to take summer
violence and family disturbance courses in order to
calls, even as calls to more public advance can com-
disputes like bar fights and the plete those courses
type of crimes that arise around virtually after the
university settings declined. For St a rk v ille - Okt ib -
one two-week period in April, SPD beha Consolidat- Maulding
received 10 calls about domestic ed School District
violence, he said — twice the num- Board of Trustees
ber of calls they received in the voted unanimously
same two-week period in 2019. for its credit recov-
“Perhaps maybe they’re spend- ery program to ac-
ing too much time together, but I commodate distance
think also there’s a lot of financial learning.
pressures that are out there,” Deputy Super-
Ballard said. “There’s a lot of un- intendent for Cur- Peasant
certainty and unknown out there. riculum and Instruction Chris-
I think it’s a combination of those ty Maulding said about 80 SHS
factors that are probably leading students have not passed certain
to an increase in domestic calls for foundational classes in order to
service.” move to the next grade. She told
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott The Dispatch she does not know if
agreed, estimating his deputies distance learning for the last nine
have seen about a 30 percent weeks of the school year due to the
uptick in domestic violence and COVID-19 pandemic had any effect
“family disturbance” calls — the on the number of students in need
latter typically involving disputes of credit recovery.
between parents and teenagers Summer courses are usually
that got out of hand. held in person, but distance learn-
“They had been down prior to ing will continue into the summer
now,” he said. “We hadn’t seen this for the immediate future, and
many on the family disturbances Maulding said teachers will have
... but as far as domestic violence office hours via Zoom so students
cases, they’ve been up more now can easily communicate with them.
than they have in recent years.” The credit recovery session starts
June 15 and ends June 26, and stu-
See DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 3A
dents will register June 1 and 2.
“We’ll determine power stan-
dards for that course that we know
those kids need to pass the class
and be ready for the next course,
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New CAFB commander to take reins in July

Graham comes to Graham was elevated to command
at CAFB on Monday, replacing Col.
Col. Seth
Graham stands
Columbus following stint Samantha Weeks, who has retired. But
he won’t actually assume his duties
at attention
during Monday’s
at Missouri bomb wing until July. The wing will be under the change of com-
mand ceremony
command of Vice Wing Commander at Columbus Air
BY SLIM SMITH Col. Dave Fazenbaker until Graham’s
ssmith@cdispatch.com Force Base. Gra-
arrival. ham takes over
Shortly after he was installed as Graham comes to Columbus from as commander
Wing Commander of the 14th Flying his role as vice wing-commander of the at the 14th
Training Wing at Columbus Air Force 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB Flying Training
Base, Col. Seth Graham sent an email in Missouri, but he is currently work- Wing from Col.
ing on six weeks of T-38 flying training Samantha
to the CAFB Base Community Coun-
at Randolph AFB in San Antonio, Tex- Weeks, who has
cil, explaining one of the reasons he’s retired. He will
most excited about the new assign- as. Air Force wing commanders are
assume his du-
ment. required to train on the same aircraft
ties in July after
“I have spent most of my career fly- used at their commands, which Gra- completing his
ing the B-1 (bomber),” he wrote. “Over ham thoroughly endorses. current training
the years, my passion for flying has “It really gives you insight into your in San Antonio,
slowly been replaced by my passion for command,” he said. Texas.
Airmen.” See GRAHAM, 6A Courtesy photo/Columbus Air Force Base

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are starting to sour — yet President Donald Trump’s personal approval
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AREA OBITUARIES
follow at Paynes Chap- is from 2-5 p.m. today, Rev. Martin Lifer offi-
el. Visitation is one at Carter’s Funeral Ser- ciating. Welch Funeral
hour prior to services vices. Carter’s Funeral Home of Starkville is
at the funeral home. Services of Macon is in charge of arrange-
Dowdle Funeral Home in charge of arrange- ments.
of Millport is in charge ments. Mrs. Mobley was
of arrangements. Mrs. Duck was born born Jan. 2, 1930, to the
Mr. Cook was born March 29, 1938, in late Newton and Faye
May 10, 1940, to the Noxubee County, to Fultz. She was a mem-
late Woodrow and Eu- the late Otis Harris and ber of First Presbyteri-
nice Cook. Annie Harris. She was an Church.
In addition to his a member of Mount In addition to her
parents, he was preced- Carmel MBC. parents, she was pre-
ed in death by his wife, In addition to her ceded in death by her
Marilyn June Cook. parents, she was pre- brother, Joe Newton
He is survived by his ceded in death by her Fultz.
children, Angela Terrell husband, Junior Lee She is survived
of Ocala, Florida and Duck; and siblings, Ada by her husband, Joe;
Shelia Cook of New- Stowers, Cora Doss, children, Karen Mobley
ington, Connecticut; Earnestine Johnson, Sisk and Bill Mobley;
siblings, Jimmy Cook, Otis Harris Jr. and Hen- five grandchildren; and
Martha jean Elmore, ry Harris. 10 great-grandchildren.
Alice Fields and Diane She is survived by Memorials may be
Holley. her daughter, Magnolia made to First Presbyte-
Neely of South Bend, rian Church, 307 Uni-
Rosie Duck Indiana; siblings, Mur- versity Drive Starkville,
NOXUBEE COUN- naise Bush of Brooks- MS 39759 or Palmer
ville, Lillie Wyatt of Home for Children, P
TY — Rosie Z. Duck,
82, died Macon, Annie Bailey O BOX 746 Columbus,
May 16, of Kankakee, Illinois MS 39703.
2020, at and Walter Harris of
Baptist Brooksville; four grand- Lisa Richardson
Memorial children; and three COLUMBUS — Lisa
Hospi- great-grandchildren. Richardson, 55, died
tal-Golden May 21, 2020, at her
Triangle. Duck
Carol Mobley residence.
A pri- STARKVILLE — Arrangements are
vate family Carol Fultz Mobley, 90, incomplete and will be
graveside service will died May 19, 2020. announced by Memori-
be at 11 a.m. Saturday, A graveside services al Gunter Peel Funeral
at Mount Carmel MBC will bet a 11 a.m. Satur- Home and Crematory
Cemetery, with Jack day, in Memorial Gar- Second Avenue North
Vaughn officiating. A dens Cemetery, with location.
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SOCSD
Continued from Page 1A
(and) the teachers develop the
content,” Maulding said.
The Mississippi Department
of Education allows students to
receive only the lowest possible
passing grade for completing a
credit recovery course, and the
board reduced this grade from
65 to 60.
Maulding said she wants the
district to implement credit re-
covery courses throughout the
school year instead of only at
the end of the year, after a stu-
dent has already failed a class.
“We have so many kids that
ebb and flow, that need this op-
tion during the school year so
they don’t get so far behind,”
Maulding said.
Offering credit recovery via
online learning means students
would not have to miss class
during the school day, she said.
Board Vice President
Sumner Davis asked if distance
learning was a feasible option
for credit recovery when not
all students have equal access
to technology and high-speed
internet. Maulding and Super-
intendent Eddie Peasant both
said the district plans to give
more students the devices they
need for distance learning for
all courses, not just credit re-
covery.
The district will receive a
to-be-determined amount of
money from the federal Coro-
navirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (CARES
Act), Peasant said, and it will
use those funds in part to buy
more devices for students that
need them.
Another way to facilitate dis-
tance learning would be to pro-
vide students with flash drives
containing virtual lessons so
they do not need high-speed
internet to access the material,
Peasant said.
The district reduced the
cost of credit recovery from
$175 to $75, and students would
not have to pay a fee for these
courses if the district offers
them during the academic year,
Maulding said.
‘Soft start’ in August
Peasant said the district
is still preparing to open its
school buildings as soon as it is
deemed safe to do so, and the
school year in August might be
a “soft start.”
“Unless something happens,
it looks like we can just open
school up,” Peasant said. “But
even if we do that, we know Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
there are going to be many Christy Maulding, the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s deputy superintendent for
curriculum and instruction, explains the changes to the district’s credit recovery program for students
parents who decide not to send who need summer courses in order to advance to the next grade. The board unanimously approved
their students to school in Au- the changes, meant to accommodate distance learning, at Thursday’s special-call meeting.
gust and prefer to continue dis-
tance learning, so we’re going Peasant said, and some teach- their grades. The final exams Students’ average grade in
to try to be prepared for that.” ers might also not be ready to consisted of 20 questions cov- the class will increase by one
A survey has shown that 40 come back to the classrooms. ering the entire school year, in- point for every 20 points they
to 50 percent of parents in the The board unanimously cluding information from nine scored on the exam, and the
district whose children strug- passed a grading policy for SHS weeks of distance learning, but final can only increase and not
gle academically are not yet students’ optional final exams, those nine weeks were a review decrease a student’s average,
comfortable sending their chil- which about 140 students chose of the content of the school year according to documents pro-
dren into the school buildings, to take in order to increase up to that point, Maulding said. vided at the meeting.

Domestic violence
Continued from Page 1A
He add-
ed some of
the domes-
tic violence
calls have
been more
violent
than usual,
pointing to
Ballard
an incident
last week
in which a
man shot
into a home
and vehicle
— an inci-
dent he be-
Scott
lieves was
domestic in
nature.
Lowndes
County
Sheriff’s
Office
Chief Dep-
uty Brent
Shelton
Swan said
deputies haven’t seen a
noticeable increase or de-
crease in domestic calls,
adding violent felonies
had decreased as a whole
since the pandemic be-
gan. Likewise, Columbus
Police Chief Fred Shelton
said numbers of domestic
violence calls and arrests
have gradually decreased
in the city — from 26
calls in January, to 12
in March and only 10 in
April.   just long enough to make
However, Shelton and
Dorothy Sanders, CPD’s
domestic violence coor-
dinator and victims advo-
cate, said the department
has seen an increase
in victims requesting
protective orders against
their abusers. Sanders
said she assisted with
seven such orders in
April and four so far this
month, including one on
Thursday. In January, she
didn’t help with any, and
only worked on two each
in February and March.
Moreover, Shelton
feels that as the weather
gets warmer and the
pandemic continues, ten-
sions might begin to boil
over, and the department
could soon start seeing
more calls.
“I’m aware that poten-
tial is there,” he said. “... I
think there’s going to be
some breakdown in some
family communications,
violence. The United
Nations reported an in-
crease in calls to domes-
tic violence crisis ho-
tlines all over the world,
while a Psychology Today
article published earlier
this month reported the
UN’s Population Fund is
estimating three months
of quarantine will result
in a 20-percent rise in
intimate partner violence
worldwide, an additional
15 million cases. The
same article, along with
publications such as
Forensic Science Interna-
tional, reported domestic
violence incidents always
increase in times of natu-
ral disasters or economic
downturn.
Also a concern for law
enforcement and victims’
advocates are fears that
the violence is underre-
ported as victims trapped
inside with their abusers
are unable to call for help
or are too afraid of con-
tracting COVID-19 to go
to a shelter or hospital.
“With the level of iso-
lation, how are you going
to get out?” said Wendy
Mahoney, executive
director for Mississippi
Coalition Against Domes-
tic Violence. “How are
you going to call some-
body? How are you going
to leave the house to go
anywhere? Our shelter
numbers are down. ...
Why are they not going?
Because you’re in the
house. You’re not sup-
posed to go anywhere.
People are fearful of
COVID, so they’re not
going anywhere.”
During the pandemic,
Mahoney said, domestic
violence shelters around
the state emptied. Joyce
Tucker, executive direc-
tor for Safe Haven in the
Golden Triangle, said she
has not seen an increase
in either individuals ask-
ing for shelter services
or even calling the crisis
hotline. Columbus native
Stephanie Johnson, exec-
utive director for Tupelo’s
shelter S.A.F.E., said her
shelter housed at least
75 percent of its capacity
before the pandemic be-
gan, but those numbers
dwindled after March.
‘How are you going to call somebody? How are his office has resources
for victims, even if the
you going to leave the house to go anywhere? abuse they’re experienc-
ing is mental, rather than
Our shelter numbers are down. ... Why are they physical.
“Whatever resourc-
not going? Because you’re in the house. You’re es we have available,
we’re going to put these
not supposed to go anywhere. People are victims on the path to try
to get some help,” Scott
fearful of COVID, so they’re not going anywhere.’ said.
Wendy Mahoney, executive director for Mississippi Coalition To report domestic
Against Domestic Violence violence or contact a
local shelter, call Safe
it was like, because they the underreporting of cers will personally take Haven at 662-327-6040
weren’t allowed to leave domestic crimes. In par- victims and their families or the National Domestic
the shelter, so at that ticular, Shelton said, he to safe places if need be Violence Hotline at 1-800-
point they began to find feels the economic down- and Scott pointing out 799-7233.
other safe places to go,” turn may be contributing
Johnson said. to a cycle of violence as
Tucker said she sus- victims decide they’ll risk
pects fear of the virus led staying with an abuser
to the decrease in num- rather than being without
bers of those seeking money or resources.
shelter. “Right now people ...
“Some may be appre- are settling in,” he said.
hensive to come into the “Some of them don’t have
shelter when they know jobs. That’s always going
it’s a communal envi- to put tension on them.
ronment,” she said, “and So … a lot of it is going
they maybe don’t want to to be underreported be-
risk coming into a shelter cause right now, ‘I don’t
to contract the virus. have anywhere else to go.
Then there’s some that This is my sole bread-
there may not have been winner so I’ll just have to
a need for emergency endure what I have to do Get promoted? Win an award?
shelter.” until this is over.’” Send us your business brief.
Both Tucker and John-
son said they’d had cases
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out anyway, with Shelton
ilies would seek shelter
emphasizing that offi-
other arrangements with
family or friends.
Still, while Mahoney
said there is no statewide
data right now to back
her up, she feels certain
incidents of violence
against intimate part-
ners or family members
increased in March, April
and early May when
the shelter in place and
even gradually looser
statewide orders kept
many businesses closed
and prevented citizens
from leaving their homes
for most non-essential
outings.
“Isolation is a part of
it,” she said. “If you’re
already being isolated
and then you have a
pandemic or a health
crisis or a systemic issue
that isolates you even
more, that causes greater
harm or greater fear for
individuals. But we also
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which is going to lead Both shelters had to lence ... it invokes fear. So
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
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the movements of victims there’s fear put on by
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who sought shelter so
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to underreporting
The numbers follow a
national and even interna-
tional trend.
Media outlets all over
the country have report-
ed upticks in child abuse
and intimate partner
that they couldn’t leave
the property except for
work or medical care.
“When we let them
know that our shelter
in place order had been
issued, I think they
realized what that was
going to be like and what
just know that all those
particular dynamics
increase also.”
People ‘settling in’
because of economy
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CARTOONIST VIEW
OUR VIEW

Prison appointee
is not who
Mississippi needs
G
iven the current state of Missis-
sippi’s prison system, as well as its
sordid history, there should have
been a couple of obvious priorities for the
person who would be the new commission
of the Mississippi Department of Correc-
tions.
In recent years, the state’s prison
system has been rocked with violence
(since late December, there have been
42 prison deaths, including nine deaths
at the notorious Parchman prison, most
of them by violence) and corruption (in
2015, Former MDOC head Christopher
Epps was sentenced to 20 years in prison
for taking bribes and kickbacks).
You would start with finding a per-
son with an impeccable record, with no
hint of financial scandal. You would also
seek a dynamic leader approaching the
prime of his/her career to lead the prison
system during challenges it faces, which
include a federal lawsuit now pending that
is related to the epidemic of deaths in the
prison system.
When Gov. Tate Reeves appointed Burl
Cain as the new MDOC Commissioner
on Wednesday, we got neither of those
qualities.
Instead we have a 77-year-old whose
career is checkered with accusations of
shady dealing during his 21-year tenure
as warden of Louisiana’s notorious Angola
Prison, most of them involving inmate
labor deals.
Cain resigned as Angola warden
abruptly in late 2015 as reports of yet an-
other questionable business deal involv-
ing relatives of Angola inmates began to
surface.
After making the appointment, Reeves
dismissed Cain’s long history of question-
able practices as politically motivated.
Reeves said Cain was thoroughly vetted
by the seven-member committee he
appointed to conduct a nation-wide search
and that Cain was cleared of all charges.
That is emphatically false.
Next month, a federal judge will make
a ruling on a class-action lawsuit against
Angola Prison and Cain, who was warden
at the time.
In 2015, the American Civil Liberties
Union of Louisiana filed a class action
suit against the state, claiming inmates at
Angola during Cain’s tenure were denied
their constitutional right to adequate
medical care.
After a three-week trial in 2018, the
judge ruled the state had violated the
inmates’ constitutional rights and ordered
the plaintiff and defendant into settlement
talks. In June, the judge is expected to
announce the final decision, a ruling that
could cost the state of Louisiana millions
of dollars.
It is no longer a matter of culpability,
but only a matter of how much the state of
Louisiana will be ordered to pay.
The man squarely in the middle of this
is Burl Cain, who has made his reputation
on reducing violence at Angola, largely by
Christian proselytizing — “From beat-
ings to Bible study,” is the way Reeves put
it.
Yet even that claim is not beyond
scrutiny. Many cite federal policies imple-
mented in the wake of a previous lawsuit
against the prison just prior to Cain’s
arrival as the primary reason for the re-
duced violence that Cain has subsequent-
ly built his reputation on.
At a time when Mississippi needs a
credible, dynamic leader at the head of its
prison system we may instead be saddled
with a septuagenarian with a checkered
past and penchant for self-promotion.
The only thing standing in the way of
this is the Mississippi Senate, which can
confirm or reject Reeve’s choice.
We strongly urge the Senate to vote
against confirming Cain. He’s simply not
who Mississippi needs right now.
HOME BASE
Quarantine’s next project:
Letting my 11-year-old cut my hair
T
hursday morn-
ing, I walked out
of my bedroom/
current work-from-
home office to refill my
coffee cup. My middle
daughter, 11-year-old
Zayley, started talking
to me before I even
could see her.
“Daddy! I have only
watched this video for
3 minutes, 21 seconds, Zack Plair
and I already have a
full page of notes,” she
said.
I walked into the dining room
and saw Zayley wearing head-
phones and watching a YouTube
video on a laptop. Not a math,
English or history lesson, either.
She’s trying to learn to cut hair —
specifically, my hair.
OK, I gave her the idea and
have been cultivating it for rea-
sons not fully known to me and
absolutely horrifying to my wife
Amelia who, to put it mildly, is
skeptical.
In my defense, my hair takes
on a Bob Ross (or old school Don
Henley, if you’re inclined to be
more flattering) quality when it
grows out too much, and it had
been a solid 10 weeks since I got a
haircut before I went into quaran-
tine in late March.
Zayley says she’s interested in
learning, so to vet this I told her
she had to watch YouTube videos
on how to do it each day for four
weeks and take notes, then score
at least 90 percent on a written
test that Amelia and I create from
her notes. The integrity of said
test not withstanding (neither
Amelia nor I know anything about nities with my in-laws (neighbors,
cutting hair), after that we’ll get
her one of those haircutting dolls
off Amazon and let her hack away
for practice.
This all gives Zayley something in making sure I don’t kill all my
else to do at the midpoint of what
will be nearly five months away
from a physical school for my wife
(a teacher) and three daughters
and the beginning of summer in
quarantine. Finding, and keep-
ing, a rhythm in this new normal
has been key for all of us as we
deal with the COVID-19 reality,
and while many are
starting to let their
guard down so real life
can “resume,” there’s
probably more of what
we’ve been doing
ahead of us than there
is behind us.
My household got
off to a pretty good
start, even if I didn’t. It
took me several weeks
to adjust to working
from home, especially
the struggle with set-
ting boundaries between my work
mode and my dad/husband role
when those functions are sharing
the same space.
But even I adapted, and the ne-
cessity wrought by quarantine has
mothered its share of invention for
us that we hope to continue even
when the hustle and bustle of the
“old normal” starts to return.
We have a garden in the
backyard, for starters. I’ve always
wanted to do it, but with being too
busy, too lazy and too afraid to
fail, I had never tried. COVID-19,
and freaking about whether the
supply chain would dry up, was
just the push we needed to get
some vegetables in the ground.
Not only has it been successful,
but it’s been therapeutic and good
for self-discipline. It’s also good
for obsession. I literally have
dreams (good and bad) about this
garden when I sleep, I go out to
stare at it several times a day and
I have drawn at least five different
plans for expanding our growing
space by next spring.
Another gardening byproduct
has been more bonding opportu-
landlords) and my parents. These
relationships were already strong,
but I have crucially relied on and
applied their collective wisdom
plants. My novice rating on the
green thumb scale is a source of
entertainment for them, which I’m
happy to oblige.
Beyond the garden, we’re
eating home-cooked meals every
day (Amelia’s doing), most of
the time at the table on our front
porch when the weather is nice.
We take walks. We’ve piled in the
car for drive-by birthday parties
and cruised around rural Oktib-
beha County just to get out of the
house.
Our kids are playing outside
way more often, and we’re in-
teracting with them much more
than usual. We know them better
than we did, a joyous thought, yet
bittersweet when realizing we
weren’t this connected before.
The togetherness has its draw-
backs. The kids fight occasion-
ally. Amelia and I have fleeting
moments when we get sick of the
kids or each other and carve out
needed “space” wherever it can be
found (see above, garden). We still
watch too much TV, and Pfeiffer,
5, developed an unhealthy obses-
sion with Goliath after our eldest
Julia, 13, told her the Bible story
before bed one night and scared
the daylights out of her. Pfeiffer
asks probing questions about the
giant’s demise no fewer than four
times a day now.
But we’ve learned so much
about ourselves. We switched off
autopilot, just as I’m sure so many
others have used this process to
do.
As bad as this pandemic has
been, and even still could get;
as costly as it has been in ways
reversible and irreversible, the
only thing I can truly do is focus
my energy on my responsibilities
and making the most of the silver
linings this all has presented to
make permanent positive chang-
es. Honestly, it’s a shame it took a
crisis to get me to that point.
If all this haircut training goes
well, should I let my 11-year-old
cut my hair? Absolutely not. Will
I anyway? Probably. The only per-
son whom I really care thinks I’m
attractive is my wife, and frankly,
she’s already signed a contract to
love me anyway. Plus, if Zayley
botches it, Amelia will enjoy re-
lentlessly mocking me until I feel
comfortable visiting a professional
to fix it.
Who knows? The kid might
surprise us.
Zack Plair is managing editor of
The Dispatch. His email address is
zplair@cdispatch.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, May 22, the
143rd day of 2020. There are
223 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 22, 1968, the nu-
clear-powered submarine USS
Scorpion, with 99 men aboard,
sank in the Atlantic Ocean.
(The remains of the sub were
later found on the ocean floor
400 miles southwest of the
Azores.)
On this date:
In 1761, the first American
life insurance policy was issued
in Philadelphia to a Rev. Fran-
cis Allison, whose premium
was six pounds per year.
In 1813, composer Richard
Wagner (VAHG’-nur) was born
in Leipzig, Germany.
In 1915, the Lassen Peak
volcano in Northern California
exploded, devastating nearby
areas but causing no deaths.
In 1939, the foreign min-
isters of Germany and Italy,
Joachim von Ribbentrop and
Galeazzo Ciano, signed a “Pact
of Steel” committing the two
countries to a military alliance.
In 1960, an earthquake of
magnitude 9.5, the strongest
ever measured, struck south-
ern Chile, claiming some 1,655
lives.
In 1962, Continental
Airlines Flight 11, en route
from Chicago to Kansas City,
Missouri, crashed after a bomb
apparently brought on board by
a passenger exploded, killing
all 45 occupants of the Boeing
707.
In 1964, President Lyn-
don B. Johnson, speaking at
the University of Michigan,
outlined the goals of his “Great
Society,” saying that it “rests
on abundance and liberty for
all” and “demands an end to
poverty and racial injustice.”
In 1998, a federal judge
ruled that Secret Service
agents could be compelled to
testify before the grand jury in
the Monica Lewinsky inves-
tigation. Voters in Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ire-
land turned out to cast ballots
giving resounding approval
to a Northern Ireland peace
accord.
SOURCE: AP
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A

Michael Spencer and Beck Hughes of in aircraft engineering Starkville, Kyra, Kierra Northport, Alabama, to parents, she is survived
COLUMBUS — Mi- Splunge; sister, Betty with the Columbus Lindsey both of Okla- Victor and Catherine by her siblings, Dakota
chael Spencer, 47, died Evans; three grand- U.S. Air Force fleet. He homa City, Oklahoma, Bigham. Bigham and Drake
May 22, 2020, Baptist children; and four was a member of tenth Dominique Lindsey of In addition to her Bigham.
Memorial Hospi- great-grandchildren. Street Fairlawn Baptist Ft. Campbell, Kentucky
tal-Golden Triangle. Pallbearers will be Church. and Tyler Lindsey of
Arrangements are Jimmy Clark, Nelson In addition to his par- Fayetteville, North
incomplete and will be Breedlove, Henry Kyle, ents, he was preceded Carolina.
announced by Lown- Vernon Goode, Richard in death by his siblings,
des Funeral Home of Huffman and Barry Johnnie B. Jackson, Dixie Bigham
Columbus. Faulkner. Willie R. Jackson, Ad- VERNON, Ala.—
die B. Jackson Staples Dixie Rae Bigham, 18
Linda Montgomery Charles Smith and Linda J. Jackson months, died May 19,
COLUMBUS — Stewart. 2020, in Columbus.
STARKVILLE — Charles Michael Smith, He is survived by his A private family
Linda Montgomery, 71, 54, died May 21, 2020, wife, Marian; children, service will be at 3 p.m.
died May 15, 2020, in at Baptist Memorial Jasper, Justin, Deme- Saturday, at Chandler
Columbus. Hospital-Golden Trian- tris, Gregory and Janet Funeral Home chapel.
Graveside serviced gle. all of Columbus; and Burial will follow in Mt.
will be at 11 a.m. Satur- Services will be held siblings, Emma Howard Pleasant Cemetery. Vis-
day, at Mt. Peiler Ceme- at a later date. Lown- jackson, Robert jack- itation will be one hour
tery I. Visitation is from des Funeral Home of son, Edward Jackson, prior to services. Chan-
noon-2 p.m. today, at Columbus is in charge Jimmie Jackson all dler Funeral Home of
West Memorial Funeral of arrangements. of Columbus, Bobby Vernon is in charge of
Home. West Memo- Mr. Smith was Jackson of Florida and arrangements.
rial Funeral Home of born June 28, 1965, in Tommie Jackson of Dixie Rae was
Starkville is in charge Aberdeen, to Elizabeth New York. born Nov. 7, 2018, in
of arrangements. Dodd Vines and the
She is survived by late Charles :Chuck” Treivon Lindsey
her children, Charles Smith. He was a beter- STARKVILLE
Montgomery, Perse- ran of the United States — Treivon Jermaine
phone Chantay Mont- Army. He was formerly Lindsey, 33, died May
gomery and Tanya employed as a floor cov- 15, 2020, in Atlanta,
Rena Montgomery; and ering installer and was Georgia.
siblings, Willie Zu- a member of Freedom Graveside services
ber, Walter Zuber and Worship Center. will be at 11 a.m.
Charles Zuber. In addition to his Saturday, in Mt. Peiler
mother, he is survived

Sandra Redden
MB Church Cemetery
Theron Hughes by his wife, Vickie II, with the Rev. Ron-
AMORY — Theron Langford Smith; chil- nie Tucker officiating.
Russell Hughes, 83, dren Michael Smith Visitation is from Barbara Shackelford
died May 20, 2020, at and Johnathan Smith 4-6 p.m. today, at the Graveside Services: Sandra Patton Redden,
Friday, May 22 • 11 AM 77, died on May 18, 2020, at
his residence. both of Columbus; and church. Century Hair- Friendship Cemetery
Services will be four grandchildren. ston Funeral Home of College Street Location
the home of Ginger and Kim
at 11 a.m. Saturday, Vought in Trussville, Al. after
Starkville is in charge
William Langford a six-month battle with cancer.
at Cleveland-Moffett Billy Jackson of arrangements. Services: She fought like the feisty lady
Funeral Home, with COLUMBUS — Billy Mr. Lindsey was Held At A Later Date.
Chuck Moffett officiat- 2nd Ave. North Location she was and left this earth when
Ray Jackson, 57, died born March 30, 1987, in
ing. Burial will follow in she was ready.
May 19, Starkville,to Xavier Per-
Lann Cemetery. Visi- 2020, at kins and Tony Lindsey. Lisa Richardson She was born in Columbus,
Incomplete MS on April 27, 1947, to the late
tation is from 5-8 p.m. Baptist In addition to his 2nd Ave. North Location
today, at the funeral Virginia Lollar Patton and John H. Patton. She
Memorial parents, he is survived
home. Cleveland-Mof- graduated from S.D. Lee High School in 1961.
Hospi- by his children, Mack-
fett Funeral Home of Sandra worked at Woolco, Ruth’s, Bozeman
tal-Golden enize Shumarker of
Amory is in charge of Animal Clinic and Redden Amusement Company.
Triangle. Starkville and Kylan
arrangements. She lived in Columbus her entire life.
A Cel- Lindsey of New Albany; memorialgunterpeel.com
Mr. Hughes was Jackson She was a member of the Columbus Christian
ebration and siblings, Tierra
born Feb. 1, 1937, in Center where she served, along with Caroline
of Life Tillman of Atlanta,
Monroe County, to and Susan, as one of The Golden Girls who made
Service will be held at a Georgia, Zoe Perkins of
the late John Chesley sure the church was clean and tidy before each
later date. Benchmark
and Leota Wiginton Sunday service.
Memorial Life Center
Sandra loved spending time with her son
Hughes. He was for- is in charge of arrange-
Alan, watching JC, her grandson, play baseball,
merly employed with ments.
shoe shopping on eBay, eating out, New York,
Babcock and Wilcox. Mr. Jackson was
the Phantom of the Opera, Destin, eating in
In addition to his par- born July 12, 1962, in
general, sports of any kind, video poker, her
ents, he was preceded Noxubee County, to the
friends, traveling, her churches, the electric light
in death by his siblings, late Jimmie Lee and
parade at Disney, animals, making cornbread for
James Hughes, Charles Emma Lee Jackson. Dane, cream horns, her family, weird tv shows,
Alford Hughes, Leon- He was a graduate of watching Alabama sports, crème brulee, talking
ard Hughes and Fran- Noxubee County High and her Lord and Savior.
ces Ruth Hughes. School and was a veter- Sandra was called by many names. Alan called
He is survived by his an of the U.S. Army. He her Momma. John Chesser (JC) Redden called
children, Allen Reyn- was formerly employed her Grannie, her sisters, Pam Winchester and

old Hughes of Amory as a master mechanic
Barbara Shackelford
Barbara Louise King Shackelford, 82, died
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Trinity Personal
Care.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted
to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Crematory, College Street location. A family
graveside service, with Rev. Bobby Sanderson
officiating, will be Friday, May 22, 2020, at 11:00
AM at Friendship Cemetery.
The daughter of the late Joseph S. and Iva
Simpler Sutton, Mrs. Shackelford was born
March 12, 1938, in Wilmington, DE. She was
employed for over twenty years as a Customer
Service Representative at Columbus TV Cable.
She was a longtime member of First Baptist
Church, where she taught Sunday School and
Vacation Bible School. She was also a member
of Women on Missions at First Baptist. She
was extremely proud of her title of Life Master
of Bridge. In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her grandson John Michael
Shackelford, Jr. and her husband Milton Marion
Shackelford.
She is survived by her daughter and son-
in-law, Cindy and Randy Stacy of Columbus;
and her sons and daughter-in-law John M. and
Lisa Shackelford of Germantown, TN, David
Shackelford of Tupelo and daughter-in-law Sherry
Shackelford of Columbus. She is also survived
by her sisters, Joyce Porteous of Clearwater, FL
and Elizabeth Sutton of Las Vegas, NV; seven
grandchildren, Leah, Laura, Lane and Logan
Shackelford, John Tyler and Spencer Stacy and
Christopher Reese Shackelford; and two great-
grandchildren, John Charles Stacy and Mary
Blythe Condon.
Pallbearers will be Logan Shackelford,
John Tyler Stacy, Spencer Stacy and Reese
Shackelford.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist
Church, P.O. Box 829, Columbus, MS 39703 or to
the donor’s favorite charity.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
College Street • Columbus, MS
William Langford
William Earl “Bill” Langford,
age 73, of Caledonia, MS,
passed away May 20, 2020, at
Baptist Memorial Hospital.
A private family memorial
service will be held at a later
date. Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home & Crematory
716 2nd Ave. North location is
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Langford was born August 12, 1946, in
Columbus, MS, to William “Titum” Langford
of Caledonia, MS, and the late Minnie Pearl
Monasco Langford. He was a veteran of Vietnam
and Korea serving in the United States Army.
Mr. Langford worked for many years as a police
officer and security guard. He also worked as a
deputy sheriff in Lowndes County, Lee County,
and Pickens County, AL. Mr. Langford loved
spending time with his daughter, grandchildren,
and all family, and his dog “Corky.” He enjoyed
country music and singing.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Langford was
preceded in death by his wife, Minnie Sides;
brother, Lonnie Langford; and sister, Ruth Ann
Langford.
Survivors include his daughter, Crystal
Whitehead of West Point, MS; sisters, Bonnie
Cantrell and her husband Allen of Caledonia,
MS, Mary Nichols Nelson of Mulberry, IN,
Norma Jean Langford of Caledonia, MS, Judy
Langford Hendon and her husband Lloyd of
West Point, MS, Linda Langford of Ethelsville,
AL, Katina Langford McGee of Grenada, MS,
and Mary Jane Langford Dunser of Caledonia,
MS; grandchildren, Jasmine Langford, Abbigail
Pugh, Scott Pugh, Minnie Pugh; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
The family would like to express their thanks
and appreciation to Anna Langford and the
nurses, staff, and hospice of Baptist Memorial
Hospital for their love and care.
Memorials may be made to the donor’s favorite
charity.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Ginger Vought, called her Sissy and sometimes,
Chatty Cathy. Nieces and nephews called her
Sissy. Some friends called her SaSa or “Sister
Sarah the Soul Saver”. Most called her Lil
Momma and that absolutely summed her up.
She was momma to many.
Sissy is survived by her son, Alan Redden
of Tuscaloosa, AL; her grandson, J.C. Redden
of Columbus, MS; her sisters, Ginger Vought
(Kim) of Trussville, AL and Pam Winchester
(Gary) of Lutz, Florida.
She leaves nieces, Dane Grubbs (Scott) of
Leesburg, FL and Amanda Vought Kosmus
(Eric) of Trussville, AL; and nephews, Shay
Vought (Sara Catherine) of Marietta, GA and
Trey Cavaliere (Vanessa) of Tampa, FL. She
has three great nieces, Sara Grace, Madeline
and Kennedy; and seven great nephews, Dax,
Dominic, Hunter, Brandon, Alex, Patton and
Gibson.
The family thought their Sissy, with those
sparkling green eyes, was fun, funny, feisty and
special. We all will miss her dearly.
She is preceded in death by her husband,
Johnny Redden; her parents, John and Virginia
Patton; and her grandparents, Johnny Lee and
Earl Lollar and Cora Bell and Sam Patton.
There will be two celebrations of Sandra’s life,
one in Destin and the other in Tuscaloosa, both
at a later date due to Covid 19. In Destin it will be
a private family celebration of Sissy’s life and on
another date, Alan will arrange for a celebration
of Lil Momma’s life in Tuscaloosa.
The family wants to sincerely thank New
Beacon Hospice Care. Randilyn, William, Ron,
Donna, Jean, Denise, Jackie, Dr. Fitzpatrick and
anyone I have left out. What would we have done
without your guidance, compassion and love?
You are all angels and we will forever love each
of you.
Also, a special thanks to Pastor James Godsey
of Celebration Worship Center in Vernon, AL.
Thank you, thank you for your visits, texts and
phone calls over the past six months. Sandra
would smile every time she knew you were
checking on her. You were able to give us all
some peace. Bless you for your constant support
and prayers.
In lieu of flowers, food or cards, you may send
a memorial donation to Celebration Worship
Center, c/o Sandra Redden, P.O. Box 1412,
Vernon AL or to your local Humane Society.
Paid Obituary - W.E. Lusain Funeral Home
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MSU clinic doctor highlights challenges

facing planned fall campus reopening
‘I don’t think we’ll get
the best-case scenario’
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
S TA R K V ILLE
— Dr. Clifton Story
knows he’s living in a
historic time.
“It’s like we’re liv-
ing in the middle of a
documentary,” said
Story, a physician at
Mississippi State Uni- Story
versity’s John C. Longest Student
Health Center. “You can go to Net-
flix and watch something about the
Spanish Flu. One day, we will have
our own documentary. Five years,
10 years or even 50 years from now
people will look back on COVID-19
and how we handled it.”
Thursday, Story participated in a
Facebook Live question-and-answer
session hosted by MSU’s Institute
for the Humanities. Questions came
from both the moderator, MSU as-
sociate professor of history Julia Os-
man, and the general public.
During the hour-long session,
a viewer asked Story to outline his
opinion of what the best- and worst-
case scenarios for MSU opening in
the fall for in-person classes could
look like. The university already an-
nounced plans to be open for on-site
courses earlier this month.
While trying to be optimistic, Sto-
ry said the absolute best-case scenar-
io is the virus dies out in the summer
and as lockdowns ease, new cases
are few and far between. He thinks
that scenario isn’t likely, though.
“I don’t think we’ll get to the best-
case scenario,” he said. “I think the
best we’ll see is that we maintain our
numbers (of new cases) or they de-
crease slightly.”
Should an outbreak occur on
Starkville’s campus, Story said he
and the rest of the clinic feel well-
equipped to handle that situation.
“For here, we can handle a signif-
icant uptake or increase in patients,
especially at the clinic,” Story said. “I
think the question everyone around
the country needs to be asking is
when an outbreak does occur, will
you have to significantly change
what you’re doing? There’s not a rule-
book or playbook that says when we
see X number of patients that have it,
then you have to do X.”
The Starkville campus won’t en-
tirely resemble its “normal” opera-
tions when it opens in August. Plenty
of precautionary measures could be
in place, Story said.
“I think when people get here in
the fall, we’ll see lots of people in
masks,” he said. “We’ll see lots more
hand sanitizers around campus and
a lot more educational opportunities.
The big congregations and gather-
ings people normally have, I’m sure
you’ll see some changes to those.”
If the spread is going to be con-
tained, Story said students must buy
into the protocols installed.
“You have to constantly educate
and make people aware of what’s go-
ing on. … How can we as a communi-
ty maintain the civil liberties that we
have, but how do we do that where
we can live and function and take
care of each other?” Story said. “It’s
got to be a community thing.”
Another viewer questioned if
MSU (and other institutions) should
wait to re-open for in-person classes
until a vaccine is available. Story said
because of the variety of information
about vaccines out there, he doesn’t
know if the university can wait for
the development of a vaccine —
something many scientists have es-
timated could take more than a year
to complete.
“My personal opinion is I don’t
know that (waiting for a vaccine) can
happen realistically from everything
I’ve seen,” he said. “There’s been
some quotes about vaccines that
could be available in the fall, and I’ve
seen others that say there will never
be a vaccine because it’s mutating
and changing. I think if we waited
for a vaccine to actually come out, I
don’t know how long we’re going to
be waiting.”

Some Mississippi casinos reopen after virus hiatus

BY EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Some
casinos in Mississippi re-
opened Thursday for the
first time in two months,
following state guide-
lines to try to mitigate the
spread of the new corona-
virus.
At least three dozen
people stood in line wait-
ing to get into WaterView
Casino in Vicksburg as it
opened. A manager came
outside to do a countdown
until opening. Custom-
ers were allowed to enter
one at a time. They were
screened for COVID-19
symptoms and were of-
fered masks, although
many already had their
own.
Notes were attached
to video games and slot
machines, reminding cus-
tomers and staff to sani-
tize the machines before
each use. Stickers placed
on the floor to tell people
to remain at least 6 feet
apart.
Plastic shields have
been installed around ca-
shiers’ stations. The state
Gaming Commission lim-
its the numbers of players
for blackjack and other
table games. Casinos are
required to set up hand
sanitizing stations.
Like other parts of the
U.S., Mississippi contin-
ues to see high numbers
of claims for unemploy-
ment benefits. U.S. Em-
ployment and Training
Administration said
Thursday that Mississip-
pi has processed just over
269,000 claims between
March 14 and May 16.
The report said 208,270
people in Mississippi were
receiving unemployment
benefits as of May 9. Re-
publican Gov. Tate Reeves
has said the state normal-
ly had about 1,000 unem-
ployment claims per week
before the pandemic.
Reeves said Thursday
that he will ask legislators
to spend part of Mississip-
pi’s federal coronavirus
relief money on workforce
training programs that
emphasize technology causes mild or moderate
jobs. symptoms, such as fever
“We want to direct and cough. For others,
Mississippians of all ages especially older adults
towards the career path- and people with existing
ways that are demanded
health problems, it can
by the economy and pro- cause severe symptoms
vide the best paying op-
and be fatal.
portunities,” Reeves said. The Health Depart-
He said his goal is to
ment said Thursday that
ensure that people now at least 125,970 corona-
making $10 or $12 an hour
virus tests had been con-
could train for other jobs
ducted in Mississippi as of
that pay up to $20 an hour.
Wednesday.
The state Health De-
partment said Thursday
that Mississippi — with a
population of about 3 mil-
lion — had at least 12,222
confirmed cases and 580
deaths from the corona-
virus as of Wednesday
evening. That was an in-
crease of 255 cases and 10
deaths from the numbers
reported a day earlier.
The number of corona-
virus infections is thought
to be far higher because
many people have not
been tested, and studies
suggest people can be in-
fected with the virus with-
out feeling sick. For most
people, the coronavirus

Graham
Continued from Page 1A
Despite the age difference (Graham is
47), he said he retains a powerful sense of
connection to the young students in his
command, most of them in the early 20s.
“On one hand, they’re much like my
own kids,” Graham said. “I have a son
who is 21 and a daughter who is 17. That’s
about the same age group as many of
these student pilots.”
But any temptation to think of the pilot
as “kids” is quickly dismissed.
“You have to fight that thinking,” he
said, “because these are not your typical
young men and women. They’ve taken a
very solemn pledge. It’s amazing when
you look at the responsibility that they
take on, from the machines they operate
to the weapons they handle. That sets
them apart.”
Although he now has 27 years in the
Air Force, Graham’s passion for flying is
something he’s held since childhood.
“I grew up in Idaho and I remember
when ‘Top Gun’ came to our theater,” he
said. “I was 11 years old and from the mo-
ment I saw it, I knew that’s what I wanted
to do. I think that’s true of these young pi-
lots, too. For them, what they are doing in
Columbus is the fulfillment of a life-long
dream, just like it was for me.”
That connection to the airmen only
grew with his role as a squadron com-
mander in 2013. It was then he began to
think of his career in a different light.
“That was the first opportunity I had
to influence people’s lives,” he said. “It
was an unexpected discovery to me to re-
alize how much I enjoyed it. People would
come into my office and I realized I had
the skills and authority to solve their
problems. I was changing people’s lives.
The funny thing is, the problems they
had were so small to me, but it seemed
insurmountable to them. The idea that
I could do something that really made
a difference was something that made a
powerful impression on me.”
Despite 13 assignments across the
country and abroad, this will be Gra-
ham’s first meaningful time in the South.
He’s been learning as much as he can
about CAFB and Columbus, an effort aid-
ed by an old friend.
“I have a bit of a secret weapon, a men-
tor, who is soon to be a major general.
John Nichols.” Graham said.
Nichols served as wing commander in
Columbus from 2014-16, then moved to
the role of wing commander at Whiteman
AFB, where Graham served as his sec-
ond in command.
“He’s put a lot of effort in helping me
get prepared,” Graham said. “He’s told
me so much about the community, the
community leaders. That’s been a big
help.”
Although he has yet to meet the new
wing commander, CAFB Base Commu-
nity Council president Chuck Bigelow is
impressed.
“Just looking at his background, his
intelligence, where he came from, he
seems like a great choice,” Bigelow said.
“Reading some of the things he wrote, he
seems to have a good feel for the position.
He’ll be good for the base.”
For his part, Graham said relations be-
tween his command and the community
cannot be overstated.
“I don’t even like to think of it in terms
of being the base and the community,”
he said. “To me, it’s one community. We
literally could not do what we do without
the community’s support.”
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Busch and Elliott incident

could spark new NASCAR rivalry

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Kyle Busch gets out of his car after finishing second against Chase Briscoe (not pictured) after the NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Thursday at Darlington Raceway.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOT TE, N.C. — Kyle Busch
is NASCAR’s reigning Cup champion
and the resident villain of the series.
Chase Elliott has been voted most
popular driver the last two years and
is quickly building a loyal and rabid
fan base.
Their on-track tussle at Darlington
Raceway this week very well might
be the start of a new rivalry NASCAR
needs.
Busch admittedly misjudged a gap
and unintentionally wrecked Elliott in
what turned out to be the final green-
flag lap of Wednesday night’s race.
Elliott crashed, climbed out of his car,
waved off medical personnel and wait-
ed on the apron for Busch to circle the
track under caution.
As Busch passed, Elliott gave him a
long, middle-finger salute.
The tension didn’t end there, ei-
ther. Rain opened up over the South
Carolina track moments after the in-
cident and drivers were told to bring
their cars to pit road. When Busch
parked, a group of Elliott’s team mem-
bers stared him down.
Among them was Elliott crew chief
Alan Gustafson, who was Busch’s
crew chief when Busch drove for Hen-
drick Motorsports early in his career.
Busch was informed over his radio he
had a welcoming committee waiting
for him, and one of his own Joe Gibbs
Racing crew members sat on the wall
directly next to Gustafson as a de facto
bodyguard.
A NASCAR official eventually told
all the mask-clad crewmen to get back
over the wall, the race was called be-
cause of rain and Busch appeared to
have a civil discussion with Gustafson.
NASCAR once thrived behind
strong rivalries but they have lessened
over the years into brief feuds or spats.
Busch had an ongoing issue with Brad
Keselowski for several years, while
Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin both
tangled with Joey Logano. Nothing
developed into anything like the bat-
tles between Richard Petty and David
Pearson or how Dale Earnhardt and
Jeff Gordon raced for supremacy in
NASCAR.
Busch initially did not rule out re-
taliation from Elliott down the road.
“Him and I have always had a cor-
dial relationship over the years,” Bus-
ch said. “I’ve known him since he was
12 or 13 years old, been racing with
See NASCAR, 2B

Academics come to the forefront as coaches, MHSAA gives green

counselors and athletes enter ‘uncharted territory
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Abby Jenkins had a
week off — at least, as off
as a mother of two young
boys can be.
Things seemed nor-
mal when the East Mis-
sissippi Community Col-
lege athletic academic
advisor went home to Phil-
adelphia, Mississippi, for
spring break, which start-
ed March 9.
Jenkins figured she’d
get to return to Scooba on
March 16 to help EMCC’s
student-athletes finish out
the rest of the semester.
She would get to meet with
them, watch the end of
the school’s baseball and
softball seasons and soon
watch the Lions’ sopho-
mores graduate and move
on.
See ACADEMICS, 2B
light for June 1 return
to play with restrictions
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Mississippi’s public
high school athletics
programs were cleared
Thursday to return to
play on June 1, more than
two months after sports
were shut down due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the Mississippi
High School Activities
Association executive
committee met via tele-
conference for more than
five hours Thursday,
the MHSAA released a
statement allowing for
athletics and fine arts
activities to resume sum-
mer practices and work-
outs June 1. All activities
and athletics had been
Photo courtesy of Abby Jenkins
suspended through that
EMCC Athletic Academic Advisor Abby Jenkins poses with the Lions’ December
graduates, all from the football team. This spring, though, Jenkins didn’t get to send date as of April 15, with
off the departing student-athletes, as EMCC held a virtual graduation Wednesday due March 16 marking the
to the coronavirus pandemic. first day sports were sus-
pended in the state.
But the upcoming re-
turn to play comes with
significant restrictions
as the MHSAA tries to
mitigate the spread of
the virus.
For one, teams will
not be allowed to play
against each other this
summer, as all inter-
squad competition will
not be permitted until
schools start up again
this fall.
Schools also may not
travel to summer pro-
grams or camps and
must adhere to national,
state and local restric-
tions for any on-campus
programs or camps.
“I think there’s a lot of
good common sense in
there, and I think it’s less
restrictive than I thought
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NASCAR
Continued from Page 1B
him ever since then, late models,
super late models, trucks, Xfinity
cars, all that sort of stuff.
“I just made a mistake, mis-
judged the gap, sent him into the
wall. That was entirely uninten-
tional. I’ll definitely reach out to
him and tell him I’m sorry, tell him
I hate it that it happened.”
Busch said after finishing
second in the Xfinity Series race
Thursday that he had spoken to
Elliott and “it went really well.
Chase is a class act.”
There is limited media avail-
ability to drivers under NASCAR’s
current health protocols and
Elliott was not able to comment
Wednesday night. He is sched-
uled to speak to the media Friday.
The series was suspended
10 weeks during the coronavi-
rus pandemic and just restarted
Sunday. Kevin Harvick won the
first race at Darlington, Hamlin
and Busch gave Joe Gibbs Rac-
ing a 1-2 finish in Wednesday’s
race at the same track and the
Cup Series is next back in action
this Sunday at Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
Busch’s teammate, Hamlin,
said Thursday that Busch han-
dled the fallout “the best he
possibly could. He owned up to
it and he knew he made a mis-
take.”
Hamlin also noted he’d been
cut off twice by Elliott in the two
Darlington races and chalked
up the aggressiveness to driv-
ers pushing hard after the long
layoff.
“If Chase were to retaliate,
you know that’s intentional,
right? We all know it’s intention-
al,” Hamlin said. “What Kyle did
was unintentional. Is the score
really even if one is intentional
and one is not? Probably not.”
Elliott was wrecked by Ham-
lin racing for a win at Martins-
ville in a 2017 playoff race that
led to a heated conversation.
Gustafson said he under-
stood Busch’s explanation but
the apology probably would not
immediately calm emotions.
The Hendrick team believes El-
liott was racing for the victory
when he was wrecked by Ham-
lin’s teammate.
“I don’t think he intentionally
wrecked us but you just get tired
of coming out on the wrong end
of those deals,” Gustafson said.
“We were in position to win that
race and Denny was in trouble
on old tires. You get tired of get-
ting run over like that.”
Busch is a polarizing figure
because of his on-track domi-
nance in all three of NASCAR’s
national series and a sometimes
surly attitude, particularly when
he doesn’t win. He often feeds
off the boos he gets during driv-
er introductions and has been
known to cup his ear as if to
mock the crowd.
He celebrates his wins with a
dramatic bow to the crowd, and
no matter how successful — 209
national victories and a pair of
Cup titles — Busch hasn’t found
widespread popularity. He has
his own rabid fan base called
“Rowdy Nation” and stopped
caring about the haters long
ago.
Still, Busch was quick to try
to temper the anger of the Hen-
drick group Wednesday night.
“I’ve never been a very good
politician,” Busch said. “His fan
base is going to have the hatred
to me anyway. I just deal with
what I got to deal with. Rowdy
Nation will have my back and
we’ll go after it after that.”

Academics
Continued from Page 1B
None of that hap-
pened the way Jenkins
envisioned. When the
COVID-19 pandemic hit,
the rest of the semester
was moved online, and
the meticulous Jenkins
instantly had to face a
completely new reality.
“I’m very planned out
and have a very specific
plan and strategy every
day in a normal situa-
tion,” she said. “This was
more, ‘You have to go
with the most pressing
thing at that moment and
move on, and it changes
from minute to minute
with what’s going on and
who needs help.’”
That adjustment into
what Jenkins called “un-
charted territory” this
spring has posed new
challenges for athletes,
academic advisors and
coaches at every level of
high school and college
sports.
At Mississippi State,
when the SEC canceled
the rest of its spring
sports seasons March 17,
Assistant Director of Ath-
letic Academic Support
Services Sawyer Bower-
ing saw a switch in focus
from the Bulldogs’ affect-
ed student-athletes.
“The kids weren’t
playing their sports, so
academics was kind of
the star of the show, so
to speak,” said Bowering,
who serves as the aca-
demic advisor for Missis-
sippi State’s softball and
men’s basketball teams.
She said the softball
players hold team study
halls via Zoom a few
times a week, while the
men’s basketball players
typically meet with advi-
sors one on one.
Regardless, though,
Bowering said the Bull-
dogs’ athletes have done
a good job of “hitting a
curveball” in regards to
the sudden upheaval of
normalcy they’ve faced.
“I think there are chal-
lenges that come with
face-to-face classes and
playing in the SEC and
being in college,” Bower-
ing said. “You’re always
gonna be facing challeng-
es.”
Despite lesser re-
sources, athletics depart-
ments at the high school
level have made steps to
help their students — in-
cluding student-athletes
— overcome the new
challenges the pandemic
has posed.
The Columbus Mu-
nicipal School District
placed drive-up WiFi
hotspots around its cam-
puses for students to use
and passed out learning
packets for others. Both
those measures, Colum-
bus High School football
coach Joshua Pulphus
said, helped break down
the barriers to education
for many of his players.
“They took a lot of the
‘I didn’t have’ out of it,”
Pulphus said of the dis-
trict. “It’s like we didn’t
miss a beat.”
Pulphus still acknowl-
edged that things aren’t
the same, saying he miss-
es the “old-school” as-
pect of education — eye
contact, physical touch
and being able to be face
to face with players to re-
mind them, “’Hey, you’ve
gotta do your work.’”
“When you’re in
school, you’re able to go
in, check on students,
visually see them do the
work,” Pulphus said.
Now, all the coach can
see online is whether his
students have turned in
assignments and, if so,
when. Jenkins pointed
out that at EMCC, time
management issues
have become somewhat
common among her stu-
dent-athletes.
“They would say, ‘I
tried to get on and do
my assignment, but it
was locked,’ and I’m like,
‘Well, yeah, because the
deadline has passed,’”
Jenkins said. “That’s just
time management. I can’t
do anything about that.”
Despite that, though,
Jenkins said her students
generally have needed
less motivation and have
showed more willing-
ness to adapt to their
new surroundings, like-
ly because they’re less
comfortable and don’t
feel like they can wait un-
til the last minute to do
their work.
“Overall, the level of
concern for their grades
is much higher because
I think they do have a
level of anxiousness that
has made them ask more
questions,” Jenkins said.
“It makes them more in
tune than I feel like they
normally are in a regular
situation in class.”
While EMCC typically
offers fully online eight-
week summer classes
for its student-athletes,
Jenkins said the school’s
four-week in-person
classes — worth one se-
mester of course credit
— will become synchro-
nous classes via Zoom
and meet at the regular
times.
The Lions’ football
players — whom the
school aims to have grad-
uate by December to be
ready for a return to play
in Division I or elsewhere
— will begin classes June
1.
Men’s and women’s
basketball players will
begin classes in July, and
Jenkins said the Lions
are all ready to get back
to things even if they
can’t come to campus just
yet.
“They’re definitely
ready,” she said. “They’re
all ready to get back into
practicing their sport
whether they’re gonna be
in season or it’ll still be
their offseason. They’re
just ready to get in the
weight room and get back
to a normal routine.”
But Bowering said
Mississippi State, which
has said it expects a re-
turn to in-person classes
in the fall, is still evaluat-
ing plans for a remote fall
semester if need be.
“We learned that we
can do it, so I don’t think
that the fall would be
much of an adjustment if
we have to stay remote,”
Bowering said.
More likely, she said,
is a middle ground where
face-to-face instruction
resumes, but social dis-
tancing practices are put
in place.
“I think that’s our cur-
rent challenge: trying to
figure out all the logistics
of that,” Bowering said.
Jenkins, who said she
greatly prefers in-person
meetings with students
to the text and email
conversations she’s been
having, described the re-
mote approach as “imper-
sonal.”
She said while the
Lions’ teachers, coach-
es and staff got into a
groove near the end of
the semester, as all six
teams had a GPA above
3.00, and the school’s
combined athletic GPA
this school year was 3.25.
But knowing the cir-
cumstances were tem-
porary was a big factor
in that success, Jenkins
said. Should they con-
tinue longer, she’ll be
missing even more of the
parts of her job that she
cherishes. On Wednes-
day, for example, the
Lions held their virtual
graduation as Jenkins
missed a chance to send
off the school’s sopho-
mores in person.
“It was hard knowing
that we don’t get to say
our usual goodbyes,” Jen-
kins said.
Still, though, she’s
willing to do what it takes
— as long as it takes — to
keep the campus safe.
“But at the same time,
everybody’s health is the
No. 1 concern, and we
want to do what’s right,”
Jenkins said.

MHSAA
Continued from Page 1B
it was gonna be,” New training. “I want to make sure at first in order to adhere
Hope coach Wade Tackett Starkville football that we take our time,” to the guidelines.
said in response to the de- coach Chris Jones said he said Jones, who indicated Pulphus said he plans
cision. “We’ll take it.” will base the Yellow Jack- that he will likely start up to start the Falcons’ sum-
Tackett said he will ets’ plan on the guidelines sometime during the first mer activities June 1 to
meet with school admin- the MHSAA laid out. He week of June. give his players time to
istration Friday to lay out expected the organiza- With the current state- acclimate after a long ab-
a plan for the Trojans, and tion to push the start date wide limit on the number sence from the field.
he expects to kick things back from June 1 to June 8 of participants in indoor “Whenever they give
off June 1 when it is per- or even a week longer, and activities set at 10 and us a green light, we’ll be
mitted. he intends to meet with outdoor activities at 20, ready to go,” Pulphus told
But when Tackett’s
the parents of his players Columbus coach Joshua The Dispatch on Tuesday.
team — and those across
before beginning any ac- Pulphus said he will bring That time has, at long
the state — return to play,
tivities. in small groups of players last, come.
there will be a two-week
acclimation period for ath-
letes to get accustomed to
the heat and get used to
training and exercise.
In the first seven days,
teams will be limited to
one practice per day and
are recommended to lim-
it physical activity to 50
percent of a pre-pandemic
conditioning level.
For the second week,
two-a-day practices are
permitted, though only up
to three hours combined
and not on consecutive
days, and the objective is
to get back to 100 percent
conditioned by Day 14.
The MHSAA also laid
out a basic plan for testing
and evaluation for teams
amid the pandemic. Play-
ers who test positive
should be quarantined for
at least 14 days and be 72
hours symptom free be-
fore resuming activity.
The organization also
said that schools should
provide Personal Protec-
tion Equipment to their
medical staffs, encourage
frequent handwashing
and other hygiene practic-
es, clean all shared equip-
ment (including balls) be-
fore each use and attempt
to minimize or eliminate
physical contact during

Analysis: The NBA seems on the cusp of a comeback plan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Something is finally
clear in the uncertain NBA:
Players believe they’re go-
ing to play games again
this season.
The obvious questions
— How? Where? When? —
remain unanswered. Test-
ing, part of the new normal
of this coronavirus era, will
be a major component to
any return-to-play plan that
the NBA comes up with.
The Disney campus near
Orlando, Florida makes so
much sense, given its mas-
sive size, multiple courts
and its ties to league broad-
cast partner ESPN. And
the sooner games begin,
the sooner the process of
figuring out next season
can start as well.
Several people famil-
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
iar with the details of the
conversations have told
The Associated Press this
week that players around
the league are being urged
to start getting mentally
and physically ready for
training camps that could
be just a few weeks away. It
might not be a unanimous-
ly approved notion, but
2-1/2 months into this pan-
demic-caused shutdown,
the NBA finally seems on
the cusp of being able to
move forward.
“I have faith in Adam
Silver and the NBA, and
the NBA teams ... they’re
not going to have us come
back if it’s even a question
of us getting hurt,” Jared
Dudley of the Los Ange-
les Lakers said this week.
“And that’s where the test-
ing, being clean, and doing
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everything that I feel that
they’ll do to keep us safe.”
Pick a scenario for the
return-to-play plan, and
someone has surely heard
it already. Bringing back
all 30 teams and resuming
the regular season is an
option. So is bringing back
something like 20 teams
and having an expanded
playoff of sorts, a notion
that essentially mirrors
what the NHL is talking
about these days. A con-
densed playoff has also
been discussed.
The latest sign of mo-
mentum: Milwaukee own-
er Marc Lasry, speaking
Thursday on CNBC, said
the NBA’s board of gover-
nors will meet again next
week and that he believes
“within the next six to
eight weeks we should be
playing.”
Silver, the commission-
er who has had to deal
with a series of turbulent
matters from the strained
China relationship in the
preseason, to the deaths
of David Stern and Kobe
Bryant in January, and
now a pandemic that will
almost certainly affect the
league’s financial health
for the next several years
— is listening to any and
all ideas.
“The direction that the
league office has received
from our teams is, again,
all rules are off at this
point given the situation
we find ourselves in, that
the country is in,” Silver
said last month. “If there is
an opportunity to resume
play, even if it looks differ-
ent than what we’ve done
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I recently
found out
who my biological
father is/was.
Apparently, my
mother and this
man had an affair
more than 50
years ago. There’s
only speculation
as to why.
What bothers
me is, I have
always lived no
more than 15
miles from this
man and his fami-
Dear Abby
ly. I tried reaching
out to the one half-sibling I am
most knowledgeable about.
They have made no attempt to
contact me about this elephant
in the room. I don’t know if it’s
shame or embarrassment on
their part.
I am a respectable man with
a great family. Why someone
would not want to reach out and
at least get to know a brother
they supposedly never knew
existed is beyond me. We’ve
wasted way too many years
kept in the dark about this
well-kept secret. My thought is
that you can never have too big
a family — even if we are only
half-siblings. Should I continue
attempting to reach them, or
just sweep all of this under
the rug and pretend it never
happened? — EXPANDING THE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May
22). Your passion project
becomes a bigger part of your
life and has a transforming
influence. You’ll join an alliance
and, four months later, the
investment of resources will
come back to you with interest.
Wise choices sparkle up your
personal life. You’ll have the ap-
proval of someone older and the
adoration of someone younger.
Cancer and Leo adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 3, 2, 18, 44
and 20.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You don’t have to compete to
win; rather, the winning move
is an assist to others, whether
or not you consider them to be
on your team. Helping the other
historically, we should be
modeling it.”
The calendar dictates
that those decisions are go-
ing to come soon, backed
up by the fact that Silver
told players two weeks ago
that he wants to be able to
bring forward a return-to-
play plan in “two to four
weeks.” By that timeframe,
the window is about to
open.
“I’m really excited
about the possibility of
coming back,” Cleveland
forward Kevin Love said in
remarks broadcast on the
NBA’s Twitter channel this
week. “I think there’s so
much good that can come
from it. ... People need that
escape and as athletes too,
we want to get back to what
we love most.”
It’s going to be different.
FAMILY IN OHIO
DEAR EX-
PANDING: Not
everyone is as
open-hearted or
inclusive as you.
After half a cen-
tury, your birth fa-
ther’s family may
prefer not to open
this chapter of
their father’s life,
and they should
not be forced to.
Because you have
already reached
out to them
without getting
a response, I
don’t think you should push the
issue. You wrote that you are a
respectable man with a great
family. Count your blessings,
because not everyone is so
fortunate.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 42-year-
old man who lives at home with
my parents after getting out of
an abusive relationship. A full
night’s sleep is important to
me and waking up early from
avoidable noises is upsetting
because I am unable to go back
to sleep. My mother’s cellphone
is what’s waking me up.
I have asked her numerous
times to turn off the ringer at
night. She has no reason to be
a go-to for emergencies, yet
she acts as if she is. The last
time I asked, she actually told
me the phone calls she missed
players helps you even more.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). There’s no such thing as
being too practical right now.
If it works, then it works. Keep
building in these small ways
and, suddenly, you are miles up
from where you were.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You have assumed that you
liked certain activities because,
after all, you were doing them.
But how did you get there? Very
influential circumstances and
expectations. Now you have
awareness and a choice.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Certain ideas stir up uncomfort-
able feelings of insecurity — an
efficient phenomenon you can
get excited about, because it
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020 3B
Fans won’t be at games,
barring some seismic shift
in thinking. Home-court
advantage won’t exist since
games will almost certain-
ly all be at neutral sites.
Even the Orlando Magic
won’t have the home-court
edge; they might be able
to use their own homes if
the NBA comes to Central
Florida, but it’s not like the
games will be in their are-
na.
And someone is prob-
ably going to test positive
when play resumes. If
that happens, he’ll almost
certainly have to sit out a
minimum of two weeks. If
a playoff series is held on
an every-other-day basis,
that means once someone
is positive there’s no way
he can return to that se-
ries.
(because she forgot to turn
her ringer back on) are more
important than my sleep.
She says she’s glad I’m back
living at home because I am
making life a little easier for
them. They are getting old, and
I have come to the conclusion
I will be here taking care of my
parents in the coming years.
I have told Mom numerous
times to have her hearing
checked, too, to no avail. I think
that may be why her cellphone
ringer blares so loudly. On
numerous occasions I have
been sitting upstairs and heard
Dad ask her a question in the
living room, and Mom, who is
sitting right next to him, says,
“What?” She’s in denial about
her hearing.
I would rather not move out,
but I am about ready to do it for
peace and quiet. Do you have
any words of wisdom for me? —
INJURED EARS IN ILLINOIS
DEAR INJURED EARS: Yes, I
do. Ask your mother to put her
phone on vibrate at bedtime or
use its do-not-disturb feature
between certain hours. If she
refuses, then purchasing a
white noise machine might be
a solution.
Suggest to your father that
he inform their doctor about
your mother’s hearing prob-
lems. Perhaps if the doctor tells
her it’s time to have her hearing
checked by an audiologist, she
won’t tune out the message.
brings you to the precise thing
you can work on to get strong.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Good relationships can’t be
totally controlled. Good relation-
ships involve people who will
thrill and excite, challenge and
upset you unpredictably. Let go
of the controls (they won’t work
anyway) and see what happens.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You will very successfully
mediate between your needs
and those of the group. You may
turn to rules, rituals and exam-
ples set by those you admire
to help you conciliate self and
others.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
There are things about yourself
you cannot change, and things
you can absolutely change.
Knowing the difference is a key
to happiness. You’ll be inclined
to work on yourself. The best
work you can do is around
acceptance.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). It’s one thing to enjoy
something and quite another
to be a fan. The latter version
is curious, investigative and
active in appreciating the finer
points. Go on marveling, and
one day you will become what
you admire.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). People don’t have
to agree with you in order to
be your friend. You have plenty
of friends you don’t agree
with. The manner in which you
disagree — with respect, tact
and diplomacy — is an agent of
trust and bonding.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Even as you work for what
you want, you’re very happy
with certain things you already
have. And where this is not the
case, you’re willing to let go and
move on.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). While it’s generally better
to act out of principle and for
the approval of others, some-
times a bit of people-pleasing
is the quickest, most strategic
route to the common good.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re not trying to be
competitive or show anyone up.
But as you follow your heart,
you gain insights, skills and
other qualities that make the
people around you want to up
their game.
Set in motion
SOLUTION:
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Mississippi State
School Ministry
Mississippi State School of Ministry
is taking applications for enrollment into
their online degree granting program.
Earn your Certification, Associates,
Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Degree in
Religious Studies. We are an accredita-
tion School of Ministry authorized through
State of Mississippi and Federal Govern-
ment. Our degrees are for ecclesiastical
purposes only. We accept transcripts
and your life experience also can also be
used for degree granting purposes. For
further information feel free to call 662-
425-8443
RELIGIOUS BRIEFS
on the fourth Friday of each month, to
study and share views of the Holy Bible.
Open to all ages and ethnicities. For more
information, call Barbara Mattison or
Lillian Murray, 662-570-5595.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief and Mourning
offers a grief support group at 6 p.m.
every second Thursday of the month at
United Christian Baptist Church, 232
Yorkville Road East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more information, call
662-327-0604 or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
public to tune in to WTWG, radio 1050
AM for Perfecting the Saints Broadcast,
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Women Prayer, Worship Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd
St. S., holds a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m. Call Marie
Nabors, 662-549-4322 or 662-329-
1234, for prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting Outreach
Ministry invites the public to call in with
their prayer requests at 662-327-9843.

CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER

Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church, 2201 Military
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd.
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

NOTICE Forgive and Live Road, and Meadowview Church, 300

Linden Circle in Starkville, host Celebrate
St. S., Columbus, holds prayer service Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
Forgive and Live meets from 6-7 Thursday nights 5-6 p.m. Contact Marie Sudoku 1 4 9 5 2 8 7 6 3
Recovery at 6 p.m. every Sunday at The a 9x9 gridis a several
with num-
p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday Nabors, 662-549-4322. Church service ber-placing puzzle
Assembly Church (next to Lowe’s) and given numbers. The object 2 3 6 1 7 9 5 8 4

2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

of each month in the downtown YMCA times: Sunday school 10 a.m.; Sunday based onthea 9x9
at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at Meadowview is to place numbers 5 8 7 4 3 6 1 2 9
Board Room and every third Wednes- worship 11:15 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study grid with several
Church. Get help, healing and support
7 p.m. For information, call Pastor District 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 4 9 5 2 8 1 3 7 6
day at Vibrant Church Cafe. Inquire and
for any habit, hurt or hang-up using the given
so that numbers. The
each row, each 3 6 2 9 5 7 4 1 8
Elder Lou Nabors, 662-329-1234. object
column isandtoeach
place
3x3 the
seek information to succeed spiritually,
Christ-centered 12 steps. box 7 1 8 6 4 3 2 9 5
physically and financially and be eager to numbers
contains the1same
to 9 number
in
be a blessing to the community, churches
Prayer for Youth Fitness Transformations the empty spaces so 6 7 3 8 1 4 9 5 2
only once. The difficulty
and families through the Word of God. The Transformational Church, 2301 that each row, each 8 5 1 3 9 2 6 4 7
Every second and third Saturday, level increases from
The public is invited to attend. For more Jess Lyons Road, hosts boxing lessons column and each 9 2 4 7 6 5 8 3 1
information, call Pat Fisher Douglas, 662- Pleasant Ridge Faith Center hosts a Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday.
Mondays and Wednesday from 5-7 p.m., Difficulty Level 5/21

251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner, Youth Service Prayer, Free Coffee
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center, 923
Ridge Road, hosts a fellowship dinner and
youth service every third Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102 12th
Ave. S., invites the public to join its Com-
munity Gospel Book Club from 6-7 p.m.,
prayer for the youth from 2-3 p.m.
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church,
2221 14th Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach service from
8-9 a.m. every fifth Saturday. For informa-
tion, contact Jesse Slater, 662-328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins invites the
weight-loss boot camp Tuesdays and the same number only once. The difficulty level
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both on Satur- increases from Monday to Sunday.
days 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational Church, 2301
Jess Lyons Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Games,
prayer, service, food, and more. Trans-
portation available. For information, call
Iris Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Mississippi gov condemns church fire amid virus

Holly Springs church burned on Wednesday, about a it limits the size of indoor
gatherings. The Repub-
month after it filed a lawsuit challenging city restrictions lican governor has also
asked pastors to follow
on gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic public health recommen-
dations on social distanc-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS practicing social distanc- the lawsuit said. Byers ing and other practices
ing on April 10 when a vi- said the city amended its to mitigate the spread of
HOLLY SPRINGS — olation citation was issued local order in late April the virus. Reeves issued
Mississippi Gov. Tate for the church. to allow for drive-thru guidelines this week for
Reeves on Thursday Churchgoers practiced church services. places of worship to re-
condemned a church social distancing while The governor’s safer- start services inside their
fire that’s being investi- indoors and only held in- at-home order, which is set buildings.
gated as an arson. First door services when bad to expire Monday, allows Authorities are offer-
Pentecostal Church in weather would not allow churches to operate as ing a reward for tips on
Holly Springs burned them to gather outside, essential businesses, but the arson investigation.
on Wednesday, about a
month after it filed a law-
suit challenging city re-
strictions on gatherings
amid the coronavirus pan-
demic.
News outlets reported
that investigators from
the Marshall County
Sheriff’s Office found
ACROSS
graffiti in the church
1 Treat, as a
parking lot that read: “Bet
you stay home now you
turkey
hypokrites.” 6 Bank fixtures
The Republican gov- 11 Clarifying
ernor said during a news words
conference in Jackson 12 Singer Black
that the fire and the mes- 13 Fruit basket
sage make him “heartbro- items
ken” and “furious.” 14 Bisect
“This is not who we are 15 Building wing
as a people,” Reeves said. 16 Luau instru-
“This is not who we are as ment
a state.” 18 Tall tale
Pastor Jerry Waldrop 19 Game cube
said he and other church 20 Fishing pole
leaders have no idea who 21 Sushi choice
might have set the fire or 22 Make blue 42 Map ratio 9 Coveted
left the graffiti. 24 Says further 43 Crude tanker 10 Hardens
“No enemies that we 25 “First ...” 44 Informs 17 Famed raft
know of,” Waldrop said. 27 Tennis great 45 Fuses 23 Female rabbit
“We don’t know anyone Arthur 24 Pendulum
that we even think could 29 Was restless
be capable of doing some-
DOWN path
32 Casual top 1 Humans, e.g. 26 Admitted an
thing like this.”
33 Mamie’s 2 Activist error
The church sued the
city of Holly Springs in husband Bloomer 27 Tops
April, alleging police of- 34 Genesis 3 Shook, per- 28 Spooky
ficers had disrupted a name haps gathering
church Bible study and 35 Furious 4 Pitch’s kin 30 Made flat
Easter service. Holly 36 Attack com- 5 Guarantees 31 Hinders
Springs City Attorney mand 6 Timetable: 33 Resort spots
Shirley Byers said nearly 37 Track act Abbr. 39 Maximum
40 worshipers inside the 38 “Love Story” 7 Copying amount
church building were not actor 8 Was just what 41 Hasten
40 Lorelei’s river was needed

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Call us: 662-328-2424
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATIER OF THE ES-
TATE OF WILLIAM E. PRATT, DE- Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
CEASED
BILLIE MASON PRATT, Adminis- re-recorded in Book 2005 at
tratrix PETITIONER
v.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
OF WILLIAM E. PRATT, DE-
CEASED RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO. 2019-0111-DE
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: The unknown heirs at law
of William E. Pratt, Deceased
You have been made a Re-
spondent in the suit filed in
this Court by Billie Mason
Pratt, seeking the Determina-
tion of the Heirs at Law of Willi-
am E. Pratt, Deceased.
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the com-
plaint or petition filed against
you in this action at 9:30
o'clock A.M. on the 1st day of
July, 2020, in the courtroom of
the Oktibbeha County Court-
house at Starkville, Missis-
sippi, and in case of your fail-
ure to appear and defend a
judgment will be entered
against you for the money or
other things demanded in the
complaint or petition.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this the
18th day of May, 2020.
CINDY E. GOODE
LOWNDES COUNTY CHAN-
CERY CLERK
BY: Tina Fisher
DEPUTY CLERK
(SEAL)
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6/5/2020
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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2005,
Laketia Underwood, single ex-
ecuted a certain deed of trust
to Kirk Smith, Trustee for the
benefit of Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for SouthStar Fund-
ing, LLC, its successors and
assigns which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2005 at Page 16630 and
Page 25214; and
WHEREAS, Deutsche Bank Na-
tional Trust Company, as Trust-
ee for GSAMP Trust 2005-HE5
has heretofore substituted
Shapiro & Brown, LLC as Trust-
ee by instrument dated March
7, 2014 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2014 at Page
5776; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as Trustee for
GSAMP Trust 2005-HE5, the
legal holder of said indebted-
ness, having requested the un-
dersigned Substituted Trustee
to execute the trust and sell
said land and property in ac-
cordance with the terms of said
deed of trust and for the pur-
pose of raising the sums due
thereunder, together with attor-
ney's fees, trustee's fees and
expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- 39157, the attorney for the
ee in said deed of trust, will on Plaintiff.
May 28, 2020 offer for sale at
public outcry and sell within
legal hours (being between the MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
bus, MS 39701, to the highest SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
and best bidder for cash or cer- DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot Six (6) of East Emerald Es-
tates, Part One, a subdivision
in and to the City of Columbus,
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
as shown by map or plat there-
of of record in Subdivision Plat
Book 2 at page 99 in the of-
fice of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
subject, however, to restrictive
covenants and conditions as
shown by instrument dated
March 22, 1966, and recorded
in Book 371, pages 533 - 535,
land records of Lowndes
County, MS.
$25 BY :
I WILL CONVEY only such title
asElectrical
vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 13th day of April, 2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
MOUNTING
(601) 981-9299 TV’S AND
HIDING WIRES
Mount
2103 Shannon TV:
Ave
Columbus,
$60/TV MS 39702
(mount not incl)
20-026035
Mount TV & hide wires:
$120/TV (mount not incl)
Publication Dates:
Johnny May 1, 8,
Beamon
15, and 22, 2020
662−251−8472
General Services
A & T TREE SERVICES
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
242−0324/241−4447
"We’ll go out on a limb for
you!"
DUMP TRUCK HAULING.
Slag − $400
Clay Gravel − $250
Driveway & Trailer Park
Grating. Columbus. Call
Walter, 662−251−8664.
Are you a painter?
Advertise here!
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on TO: Eddie B. Smith, III
May 28, 2020 offer for sale at P.O. Box 222
public outcry and sell within
legal hours (being between the
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
Addis, LA 70710-0222
Eddie B. Smith, III
Ads appear in The Commercial Dispatch,
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
4652 Jaselyn Ann Avenue
Addis, LA 70710-29311 The Starkville Dispatch and Online
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- You have been made a Defend-
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer-
ant in the suit filed in this
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
To place ads starting at only $12,
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
ing a judgment in favor of the
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
Lowndes County, State of Mis- Plaintiff for confirmation of title
sissippi, to-wit: and reformation of certain in-
struments in the chain of title. THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020 n 6B
Lot Six (6) of East Emerald Es- Defendants other than you in
tates, Part One, a subdivision this action are Larry Smith,
in and to the City of Columbus, Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Lowndes County, Mississippi, Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Legal
as Noticesby map or plat there-
shown Legal Notices
Flowers Sykes, Tommie Lee General Help Wanted Apts For Rent: Other
Merchandise
of of record in Subdivision Plat Flower, Jr., unknown heirs of
Book 2 at page 99 in the of- Eddie B. Smith, Sr., deceased, EXPERIENCED AUTO Body
fice of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Jr., deceased, and un-
Repair man & painter
needed. Call
COLEMAN
subject, however, to restrictive known heirs of Peach Flowers RENTALS Ads starting at $12
covenants and conditions as Smith a/k/a Peach Flower 662-617-9320 to discuss TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
shown by instrument dated Smith, deceased. terms and conditions.
March 22, 1966, and recorded 1 BEDROOM Bargain Column
in Book 371, pages 533 - 535, You are required to mail or THE COMMERCIAL
land records of Lowndes hand deliver a copy of a writ-
DISPATCH seeks a motiv-
2 BEDROOMS
4 SWIVEL CASTERS, solid
County, MS. ten response to the Complaint
ated, contracted carrier for
filed against you in this action
3 BEDROOMS steel, 6" wheel, 8" tall,
I WILL CONVEY only such title to: G. Dewey Hembree, III, the Brooksville & Macon 7"x4"x1/2" platform,
LEASE,
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as vested in me as Substi- McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, area. Excellent opportunity $100. 662−327−3518,
tuted Trustee. to earn money for college.
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
DEPOSIT leave message.
Must have good transporta-
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on 39157, the attorney for the tion, valid driver's license AND OTTERBOX CELL PHONE
this 13th day of April, 2020. Plaintiff. & insurance. Delivers on CREDIT CHECK HOLDER for iPhone 8 w/
Shapiro & Brown, LLC YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE Sunday morning and Mon- belt clip, $20. 662−327−
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT Fri afternoons. Apply at The
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS Commercial Dispatch, 516 662-329-2323 3518 or 662−386−6774,
leave message.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH Main Street in Columbus.
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF No phone calls please. 2411 HWY 45 N Farm Equipment & Supplies
B-202 THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
Flowood, MS 39232 THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE- Real Estate COLUMBUS, MS JOHN DEERE MODEL M
(601) 981-9299 SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY TRACTOR. A set of one row
2103 Shannon Ave REAL ESTATE office needs Mobile Homes for Rent cultivators w/ hydraulic lift,
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
Columbus, MS 39702 AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY Administrative Office has been repainted, looks
20-026035 OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED Assistant to work 35 hours 2BR/2BA MH. Window AC, good & runs good, $3500.
IN THE COMPLAINT. weekly, M-F. Must possess: natural gas heat. Stove/ Call 662−436−2037.
Publication Dates: May 1, 8, organizational skills with fridge incl, fenced yard,
15, and 22, 2020 You must also file the original attention to detail; com- storage shed & carport.
of your response with the Clerk General Merchandise
puter skills including $375/mo + $375 dep.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF of this Court within a reason- 662−352−4776.
able time afterward. Microsoft office, Excel, 2018 40FT Gooseneck
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
Outlook & QuickBooks; pro- Trailer w/ 5ft dovetail, 12
Issued under my hand and seal fessional and courteous NICE 3BR/2BA MH in ton axles, 10−4inch straps
CAUSE NO. 44CH1:20-cv- of said Court, this 27th day of communication skills with Columbus School District. & tarps. $8,500. 662−251
00080-RPF April, 2020. clients, public & co-work- North or East, from $495/ −3001.
ers. Send resume' to mo + dep. No HUD. No
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Blind Box 674 c/o The Section 8. 601−940−1397 WANTED FREON R12.
LLC PLAINTIFF Commercial Dispatch, or 205−442−2011. We pay CA$H.
V. BY: s/Tina Fisher P. O. Box 511, R12 R500 R11.
D.C. Columbus, MS 39703. RENT A CAMPER! Convenient.
LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K. (Seal) CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL! Certified professionals.
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY Transportation Utilities & cable included, 312−291−9169
FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH SUBMITTED BY :
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB from $145/wk − $535/mo RefrigerantFinders.com/ad
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE FLATBED DRIVERS Columbus & County School
No. 2247)
FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE WANTED. Steel Coil
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B. MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC locations. 662−242−7653
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy, experience required. or 205−442−2011. WHITE POSTER BOARD
SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH, Ste 702 $1,000+ per week oppor- 24"x23"
SR., DECEASED, THE UN- Ridgeland, MS 39157 tunity. Home most nights & $0.50 each
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B. (769) 524-2300; (601) 510- every weekend. Health RV/MOBILE HOME SITE
100 in stock
SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and 5609 (fax) insurance available. Paid East or West Columbus or
near CAFB, Caledonia Visit 516 Main Street
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF vacation. Columbus. or call 662−328−2424
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH, Publish: May 1, 2020, May 8, schools. 601−940−1397.
2020, May 15, 2020,
662-251-4536.
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH, Leave msg if no answer.
DECEASED DEFENDANTS May 22, 2020
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Rentals Vehicles
Employment
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES Have a rental property?
List it here for fast results. Ads starting at $12
TO: Eddie B. Smith, III Ads starting at $25
P.O. Box 222 Call us: 662-328-2424 ads.cdispatch.com Autos For Sale
Addis, LA 70710-0222
Apts For Rent: North
Eddie B. Smith, III Accounting / Finance 1968 FORD FALCON
Real Estate
4652 Jaselyn Ann Avenue Studio apartment for rent. Some work needed. Good
Addis, LA 70710-29311 WANTED: BOOKKEEPER. Hwy 45 between CAFB and restoration project. $600
Call for details, Columbus. $400 a month OBO Call 662−364−1370.
You have been made a Defend- + $400 deposit. No pets.
662-574-4221
ant in the suit filed in this
No smoking. Water, sewer, Ads starting at $25 Motorcycles & ATVs
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek- and trash included.
Customer Service
ing a judgment in favor of the 205−243−3653 Houses For Sale: New Hope 1993 KAWASAKI
Plaintiff for confirmation of title VOYAGER XII Only 25,500
and reformation of certain in- LOCAL LAW FIRM is seek- Apts For Rent: West 16 WIDNER IN NEW HOPE miles. Runs & looks good.
struments in the chain of title. ing Receptionist/Secretary. Newly remodeled. 3BR/ No problems. $3000 OBO.
VIP
Defendants other than you in Previous experience 2BA home. Approx. 1,500
this action are Larry Smith,
Can be seen local.
helpful but not necessary. sqft. Has 25’x30’ wired 501−545−7750.
Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Rentals
Computer skills a must. metal shop w/ roll−up front
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Tommie Lee Email resume to: & side door. $158,500.
Community
Flower, Jr., unknown heirs of job109@cdispatch.com 662−549−9298.
Eddie B. Smith, Sr., deceased, Apartments & Houses
unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Medical / Dental Lots & Acreage
Smith, Jr., deceased, and un-
known heirs of Peach Flowers 1 Bedrooms Ads starting at $12
2 Bedroooms
Smith a/k/a Peach Flower
1.75 ACRE LOTS.
Good/Bad Credit Options.
Smith, deceased.
You are required to mail or
3 Bedrooms Good credit as low as 10%
down, $299/mo. Eaton
Special Notices
hand deliver a copy of a writ- Land, 662−361−7711.
ten response to the Complaint Furnished & Unfurnished
Lady in Black & White
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III, 1, 2, & 3 Baths Striped Shirt Would the
Garage Sales
nice lady who waited
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Lease, Deposit with me and offered me
& Credit Check a ride home after my
accident on Saturday,
viceinvestments.com Two free signs 25 April, at about
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE 327-8555 Garage Sales: New Hope
10:00am in the
morning at the
intersection of Bluecutt
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS Apts For Rent: Other and Hwy 45 please call
2212 New Hope Rd.
Tables, clothes, chairs, me? 662−328−1286
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF 1ST MONTH − RENT FREE! etc. 662−370−9356.
1−2 BR Apt: $350−435
Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon, 6a−6p. Travel & Entertainment
1−2BR TwnHm: $625−650
Lease, Dep, Credit Check.
One person’s junk,
!
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED Coleman Realty
is another person’s
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY PUBLIC CATFISH POND
treasure
662−329−2323
@ 130 Hillcrest Drive.
IN THE COMPLAINT. Open Tues−Sat, 7a−5p
662−386−8591
You must also file the original Call for pricing.
of your response with the Clerk
of this Court within a reason-
able time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 27th day of
April, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
Lowndes County, Mississippi
BY: s/Tina Fisher
D.C.
(Seal)
FIND YOUR
GOLDEN DEAL WITH
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
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General Services
MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
Lawn Care / Landscaping GARAGE
SALES
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
WORK
Ste 702 WANTED: JESSE & BEVERLY’S
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(601) 510- Mowing, cleanup,
5609
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plumbing, insulation, landscaping, sodding,
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pressure 662−356−6525
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washing, 15, 2020,
May 22, 2020
cleanup work, moving help. LAWN CARE
662−242−3608.
Mowing, weed eating,
blowing, etc.
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WASHING. Commercial/ Reasonable prices.
Residential. House, 662−549−3790
concrete, sidewalks &
Place an ad safely
mobile washing. Free est. SAM’S LAWN SERVICE
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Commercial & residential.
Bricks, concrete & siding.
Call for quote, Painting & Papering
the Classifieds. 1 Cleopatra
662−295−6880.
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Ext/Int Painting.
CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY
Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
$545 plus Filing Fee
2 Cockroach
Repair. Pressure Washing.
CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY Free Estimates. Ask for
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662−242−4932.
Jim Arnold, Attorney
662-324-1666 • 601-656-6914
104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville
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